Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17
The Railroad Situation in North
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The Atchison Daily Champion, Of
September LIST, under the above head
lines discusses the railroad situation in
this part Of the state. In speaking of
the Missouri Pacific it says this road
ought to have been extended to the
Rocky Mountains years ago, but it was
not and now the great Rock Island
system IS encrOachlng on its territory
Ii says: The Rock Island is under obligations
20 complete their road 70 the west line Of Phillips
county by next February. AT Scandal il crosses
the Central Branch road, consequently viii divert
q portion Of the trade Of that section away from
the Central Branch AT lIaukato. ne County
seat % Jewell again crosses this roaT RIM
ming through almost the center OF this county.
one OF the richest aud grandest OF all the state
u VIII also draw largely from the trade Of the
Central Branch.
The completion Of the Rock island TO Phillips
burg again comes in sharp competition with the
trade OF the Central Branch All Of the trade OF
this county seat, and for that matter most OF the
county has been hauled 20 Marvin, a Central
Branch town. only six miles from Phillipsburg.
A good share Of II has also gone 70 KirWin and
Logan and there shipped via The Missouri Pacific.
BelV1lle, the county seat of Republic county, and
Phlllpsburgs the county seat OF Phillips county,
VIII both be division ternlui of the Rock Island.
NJ OK lz progressing on the shops at the former
place. and the contract has Just been let for the
SHOPS at Fhi!npsDurg The Rock Island town
company arc largely interested IN TINS Town. ana
viii work 20 build il up. There is no use deny
| lns the TACT that this company viii get large
In view Of ali these facts the Missouri Pacific
are lying idle as fur Northwest Kansas is con-
cerneds while other lines including the Rock Is
I land and AtchisOn, Topeka & santa Fe are rapid
| " occupying the country naturally tributary and
I belonging to the Missouri Pacific All this can
| be remedled by the immediate eZtentiOn of the
Central branch from Burr Oak TO Smith Center,
/ the Building Of branch from hirFin to Phillips
/ burg, and thence northwest through Norton
county and into Nebraska end the exteutiOn of
/ the road from LenOra to Oberlin, the county
seat Of Decatur county.
| The CHAMPION in common with all the people
along this line would like TO see the immediate
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I DuFs1 ODcEiLh ana Denver Alete Is no LalEer or
I more fertile country under the sun than North
/ western Kansas The Missouri Pacific has lost
golden opportunities IN not extending the central
l Branch, but they can In measure regain this
/ loss by the immediate extension Of their line
/ through TINS DeuuLIu1 and fertile portion OF our
| state. Many thriving towns have been built up
] in the Solomon Valley, among which mention is
| made of BelOit, Cawker CITY, Downs Osborne,
| Alton, Stockton. Gaylord kirWin, Logan, and
/ Others towns which the Central Branch reaches.
| ana with the exception or the nrst named Is the
| only one having Two railroads. They are towns
! of from 500 to 1000 population. but the Central
] Branch has never given them BOOM not e. en-
an excursion is ever run over this road They
with the most fertile country in the world to back
tei towns or from 5lOJO 10 lUsUOO population
would have been as thick as they are IN the Ar
kansas Valley.
/ The partial failure of a corn crop in Northwest
Kansas is not retarding the rapid construction OF
the Rock Island through this section thousands
of men and teams are at work i'm Phillips, Smith,
{ Jewell. Reuublic and ClOud counties on this line
D And the Union Pacific are working their line
in Rocks county while this fall or early in the
spring the Santa Fe viii be working 'iaL along
the line in Mitchell, Osborne, Rocks, Smith and
other northwestern Kansas counties. And still
| the Missouri Pacific remains Idle, snail like, and
DONG nothing toward extending their road
through the country which naturally belongs to il
and holding on TO the trade they have already
DuiLI up northwest Kansas mas always Deeu
friendly TO the Central Branch, and all they ask is
the immediate extension of this road 10 0berliI
and Denver Win they do it, or viii they let the
I lines now building cripple it,